Quotes About Self-discovery

Brightness," the man said as she stepped up to him, "we aren't what you think we are." "No," Shallan replied. "You aren't what you think yourselves to be.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame.

You are whatever you want to be, Wayne. You're the wind. You're the stars. You are all endless things.

Strength before weakness. He was coming to understand that part of his first oath. He had discovered weakness in himself, but that wasn't something to be ashamed of. Because of that weakness, he could help in ways nobody could.

Before we get to this, let me explain something about myself. I've been many things in my life. Student. Spy. Sacrifice. Potted plant. However, at this point, I'm something completely different from all of those—something more frightening than any of them. I'm a writer.

She wasn't even certain she was Tress anymore, or if she'd become someone else. You could say, in other words, that her state at the moment was distress

We must not cower in the dark because we're afraid of the spark within us. The answer is not to put out the spark, but to learn to control it.

He'd once believed he had been four men in his life, but he now saw he'd grossly underestimated. He hadn't lived as two, or four, or six men—he had lived as thousands, for each day he became someone slightly different. He hadn't changed in one giant leap, but across a million little steps.

Because every path we walk changes us, Spensa

She'd felt … comfortable with Elend. Looking back on the experience, she realized that for those few moments, she hadn't really been Lady Valette. Nor had she been Vin, for that part of her—the timid crewmember—was almost as fake as Valette was. No, she'd simply been … whoever she was.

Being given it so easily seemed to devalue the years she had spent relishing her brief moments of solitude.

Vin didn't consider herself to be either self-assured or self-motivated. Still, she saw no point in asking why. Life had taught her that sometimes things simply happened.

I was Spensa, and my soul was fire.

But you know what I think? I think you're looking for excuses to not let go. This thing, it's who you are. And no mansion, no marriage, and no mere title is going to change that." Wayne tipped his hat. "You're meant to be helping people, mate. It's what you do.

I am a stick,' he said. He sounded satisfied.

Yo tampoco sé lo que soy. ¿Hombre del puente? ¿Cirujano? ¿Soldado? ¿Esclavo? Solo son etiquetas. Dentro, soy yo. Un yo muy distinto del que era hace un año, pero no puedo preocuparme por eso, así que sigo adelante y espero que mis pies me lleven adonde necesito ir. -Kaladin-

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

A man found himself when he was alone. You only had one person to chat with, one person to blame. He

But the person who is willing to reconsider their assumptions? The hero who can sit down and reevaluate their life? Well, now that is a gemstone that truly glitters, friend.

We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us.

There has to be a balance, Vin," he said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between who we wish to be and who we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

You can be you without this being bad thing. You can admit you act and think differently from your brother, but can learn not to see this as flaw. It is just Renarin Kholin.

No obliguéis a la gente a hacer honor a vuestros sueños sobre quiénes podrían ser.

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.